Cannot Allow Apps to Access Camera/Photos on iPhone 13 Pro

I FOUND A SOLUTION, ive been having the same problem an none of the other solutions worked.

All you have to do is

1) go to Settings > Screen time > Content & Privacy Restrictions > Photos > Allow Changes

2) Then go into the apps that you want to give full acces to your camera roll (snap, Insta, Tiktok etc.) and you will be given the option to enable photo & camera access. Hope this helps!

I found a solution after facing the same issue, and none of the other fixes worked for me. (I am on IOS 18.1) Here's what i did and it worked:

1) Go to Settings > Screen Time > Content & Privacy Restrictions > Photos > Allow Changes.

2) After that, delete and reinstall the apps you want to give full access to your camera roll. You should then be prompted to enable photo and camera access.

for me the problem was with Pinterest,Reddit and Instagram.

Hope this helps!

Hey there,

Thanks for the screen it’s so helpful to make us understand your issues well !

Go to Settings > Privacy & security > photos > and allow photos for that app you want.

Also in the same page got to camera > and allow it to the app you want.

If that doesn’t work, Let’s try to reset the Location & Privacy this will reset the Powers of your app and then you may be able to allow the “photos” for your app again, Go to settings > General > Transfer or reset iPhone > Reset > Reset Location & Privacy.

All The Best!

If anyone’s having this problem still, just go to general and scroll down till you find shut down. Once you find shut down click on it and once it turns off all the way turn your phone back on.

(This wont mess up ur phone or anything it’ll just turn your phone off and all you gotta do is turn it on lol) Hope this helps!

LMAO I solved it. You just need to restart your phone. 😭

I found a solution !!! Just restart your phone

Restarting phone helped me👍

It has actually worked, I have iPhone 11

just go to settings > screen time > content and privacy restrictions turn it ON then scroll down you will find photos change it to ALLOW

I Just performed “Reset All Settings” on mine. Hope it helps.

This happened on iPad 8 for me, but I restarted my iPad and it fixed the issue.

Finally! This worked. Everything under Content and Privacy was turned off. I never made this change. For two weeks I have been unable to open photos in Mail, Chrome, Mastodon but could in Instagram, messages, Flickr.

lol all you gotta do is power your phone off then turn it back on💯😭

Hi, I'm having the same problem as OP, and when I follow the instructions above and click on settings > privacy and security > Photos this is the screen I get, which doesn't allow me the opportunity to do anything with permissions.

I also tried resetting location and privacy as suggested, and it's still the same, it just now has my permissions revoked on even more apps.

No sure about anyone else, but this unfortunately did not work for me. I restarted phone, removed app, and added it back, went to settings under privacy and settings, under ‘apps’ and under photos and no way to get the app ‘CleanUp’ to access photos. What’s the point Apple?!

I’m experiencing an issue with photo access permissions on my iPhone 13. After granting apps permission to access my photos, they don’t appear under Settings > Privacy > Photos, and I have no option to enable or disable their access.

Additionally, after reinstalling the affected apps, the Photos access toggle is missing from their individual settings pages.

Steps I’ve Tried:

1. Restarting the phone

2. Resetting privacy settings

3. Uninstalling and reinstalling the affected apps

4. Granting photo access when prompted after reinstalling

Despite these steps, the issue persists. The apps I’ve explicitly allowed to access my photos are not listed under Privacy > Photos, and I can’t t manage their permissions in their settings.

Is there a known fix for this, or could you provide guidance on further troubleshooting steps?